Hey guys!

Did quick tests on Damage Reduction same as I tested Tai/Nin Pen with 1 fight vs 2700 damage reduction and 2nd with the enemy removing his damage reduction 8 gates which dropped him down to 1700, everything else was same in fights

I am here to share the results with you guys

Also thanks to Garv who helped me with the test by dueling him

2700 Damage Reduction

Enemy Stats

Crit: 2769, 2701, 2654, 2858, 2837, 2825, 2840, 2845, 2789, 2697, 2714, 2755, 2875, 2686, 2785, 2691, 2762, 2673,

Average: 49846 / 18 = 2769 damage

1700 Damage Reduction

Enemy Stats

Crit: 2874, 3097, 3084, 2908, 2906, 2987, 2933, 3119, 2968, 3104, 2867, 3017, 2870, 3126, 2982, 2931, 2921

Average: 50694 / 17 = 2982 damage

Conclusion:

With 2700 DR average was 2769

With 1700 DR average was 2982

2982 - 2769 = 213 difference

So the average difference between damage was around 7% with 1000 DR difference for this example, which is enough proof to say that Damage Reduction definitely works however it is not as good as it sounds (keep in mind all these damages in my test were critical damages)

About if you should be using it in 8 gates or so, that's up to you guys if you are using defensive teams it should be worth to use definitely, for myself I am more of a glass cannon type of player so I am ignoring it.

Also there were some theories running around that damage reduction doesn't work thru shields, but it actually does.

A friend of mine tested it and here it is

https://goo.gl/qG3tjL

Thanks to Kagari for that